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02/12/2025 Gizycko: trains return to the tracks to OlsztynWe are finishing work on the section of the Elk - Gizycko route, and in just a few days residents and tourists will again be able to travel by train from Gizycko to Korsze and then to Olsztyn. Thanks to Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. the modern, fast and environmentally friendly railway is once again becoming one of the main transport routes in the land of the Great Masurian Lakes. The investment with a total value of PLN 1.8 billion net is being implemented with the participation of EU funds. On December 14, with the entry into force of the new timetable, after 2 years of modernization works on railway line No. 38, trains will return to the Gizycko - Korsze section, thus ahead of the planned investment schedule. New platforms await travelers at the stations and stops Wilkasy-Niegocin, Sterlawki Male, Sterlawki Wielkie, Martiany, Ketrzyn, Nowy Mlyn, Linkowo, Tolkiny and Korsze. Diesel trains will be on the route, and after obtaining approval for the Energy subsystem from the Office of Rail Transport, also trains run by electric traction. In the following months, work will be carried out on the section related to side tracks at stations, access roads, rail and road crossings, land development and tidying up the construction site. Completion of all works between Gizycko and Korsze is planned for mid-2026. Works on the Elk - Gizycko section are nearing completion. Trains returned to the route in June this year, and the first electric trains left in September. It was a historic moment in the history of railways in Masuria. Currently, the latest works are focused on the Woszczele and Siedliska stops, where passing passages are being built that will improve the capacity of the line. The passing lanes are scheduled to be put into operation in December this year. From December 14, the fastest trains will run on the entire section between Elk and Gizycko at speeds of up to 160 km/h. On the Elk - Gizycko section, we have rebuilt and electrified 49 km of tracks. Passengers can board trains more conveniently from new platforms in Gizycko, Stare Juchy, Wydminy, Siedliska and Woszczele. Efficient and safe train traffic is possible thanks to new control devices. We rebuilt 59 engineering crossings along the route, and for a higher level of safety at the junction of roads and the railway line, we modernized 24 rail-road crossings. Two new viaducts were also built - in Gizycko and Wydminy - and a passage under the tracks in Gizycko, along ul. European Union. Better access to railways in this part of the region, lower impact of infrastructure on the environment and shorter journeys between Elk and Olsztyn are the most important results of works on line No. 38. The fastest trains will accelerate from 80 to 160 km/h, thus covering the Elk - Gizycko - Korsze - Olsztyn route in less than 2 hours, i.e. about 50 minutes faster than before modernization and electrification. The value of the task on the section Elk - Gizycko amounts to PLN 658 million net (PLN 809 million gross), including EU funding from the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Program and the European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate and Environment program. The works on the Gizycko - Korsze section cost PLN 876 million net (PLN 1.077 billion gross) and are co-financed by EU funds as part of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Plan (KPO). Let us add that as part of the project entitled Works on railway line No. 38 on the Elk - Korsze section including electrification we will also build five traction substations to power the traction network. The works are scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2026. Their value is PLN 233 million net (PLN 286 million gross), including co-financing from KPO funds.
